retrograde cystoscopy

retrograde cystoscopy

a technique for radiographically examining the bladder in which a catheter is inserted through the urethra into the bladder, allowing the urine present in the bladder to pass through the catheter. A radiopaque medium is introduced, filling the bladder, and the contour of the bladder is observed, using serial x-ray films or fluoroscopy. Also called cystoscopic urography. See also cystogram,retrograde pyelography.

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